**Richmond Street Community Centre (Registered Charity Number 1179193) Minutes from AGM 02/07/26 1900 hours** ## **Agenda** ## **1. Present** Ken Marks, Jane Rogers, Jeanne Marks, Lee Staniforth, Vimal Choksi, Dom Marks, Dave Howarth. ## **2. Apologies** Alan Fish. ## **3. Last minutes from 17[th] July 2025** All in order and signed. ## **4. Matters Arising** None. ## **5. Chair’s Report** As always passes on his thanks to Jeanne and Ken for their hard work. Ken’s hard work for grants and monitoring the phone/bookings. Thanks to Jane and Alan for their involvement and assisting with the finances. Thanks to Dave for his good work as councillor and the work he has done for the community. ## **6. Treasurer’s Report** Summary of accounts 04/04/2025 to 02/04/2026 – Signed version at end of document with scrutineers report. |scrutneers report.||| |---|---|---| |**Deposit Account**|**2025/2026**|**2024/2025**| |Balance at 04/04/2025|£15,426.80|£7,629.14| |Interest|£190.34|£297.66| |Transfer from Current Account|£0|£7,500.00| |Balance at 04/04/2025|£15,807.14|£15,426.80| |**Current Account**|**2025/2026**|**2024/2025**| |Balance at 04/04/2025|£19,918.96|£26,221.21| |Income|£21.920.20|£13,705.89| |Outgoings|£10,255.37|£20.008.14#| |Balance at 04/04/2025|£31,583.29|£19,918.96| _# This includes £7,500 transfer to Deposit Account_ **Richmond Street Community Centre (Registered Charity Number 1179193) Minutes from AGM 02/07/26 1900 hours** |**Main Expenditure**||**2025/2026**|**2024/2025**| |---|---|---|---| |Electric||£2,924.78|£2,933.67| |Rent to TMBC||£750.00|£750.00| |Water||£1,369.35|£342.23| |Insurance||£870.66|£828.72| |Maintenance, including||£2,777.88|£4,839.23| |a) Chairs|£750.00||| |b) Skirt and Canopy|£492.70||| |c) Sink and plumbing|£450.00||| |Deposit Returns (Damage Deposit)||£570.00|£200.00| |**Main Income**|||| |Grant from Forever Manchester (Electric##)||£2,100.00|£1,720.00| |Rents and Donatons||£17,827.70|£10,095.85| ## **7. Secretary’s Report** Nothing to report. ## **8. Summary of Activities 2025-26** We have nearly doubled our hourly usages of the Centre going from 11 hours per week to 20 hours per week of regular users. These have included, Irish Dancing; First Kick Foundation; NHS; World Mission Agency-Winners Chapel International Tameside; Khush Amdid; The Good Shepherd Church; Gilead Christian Church and Place of Welcome. We have also had occasional users for family parties; Sanctuary Housing; TGH Chaplains; Action Together; Health Watch; Street Games; Scout First Aid Course; Police PACT meeting; W.I. S.H. Christmas Party and the Asylum and Refugee Network Meetings. During the year we have carried out several major works in and around the building, these include fitting acoustic panels in the main room, this has got rid of the echo and made the room much more user friendly. We have had the entrance slope remade to allow better access to people with walking difficulty or in wheelchairs. We have also invested in some newer chairs for the Centre to replace some of the older ones. ## **Richmond Street Community Centre (Registered Charity Number 1179193) Minutes from AGM 02/07/26 1900 hours** We are very pleased that the Centre has been assessed and approved as a 5-star building for food hygiene, since we have installed a hand wash basin in the kitchen and improved our training and record keeping. Many thanks to the volunteers for attending the training. Other jobs completed included renewing the guttering, PAT testing the electrical equipment, replacing the hand dryer in the accessible toilet and replace more vermin guard. This year we intend to do remedial work to some of the internal walls due to the plasterboard failing from past water ingress. The timings will have to be well planned as the Centre is very busy and the work will have to fit in with the activities. We must be mindful of the increasing costs of running the Centre and ensure we operate in the most efficient way possible, as we are now on a water meter. Grateful thanks was offered to our great band of volunteers, who come each week to keep the Centre clean and tidy. Without these dedicated people we would not be able to offer such a great Centre for our local community. We are consistently being complemented by users of the Centre on how clean and welcoming it is. The committee would like to offer the three volunteer cleaners (Irene, Jackie and Joy) a gift of some description. It was decided that a gift of £100 each would be appropriate and approved. Thank was also offered to the users of the Centre for their usage and their respecting of the Centre. The Centre has been able to fulfil its aim to make a local facility available to local residents to use for their activities and enjoyment. ## **9. Nominations of Officers** **a. Chair** Vimal Choksi **b. Secretary** Dominic Marks **c. Treasurer** Ken Marks **d. Members** Alan Fish, Jane Rogers, Lee Staniforth, Dave Howarth, Jeanne Marks - **e. Other nominations** ## **10. Trustee Eligibility Declaration** Signed and attached on appendices. ## **11. Any other business** Key holder responsibilities were discussed to see if there are anyone else who could open up and close after private functions. Jane, Vimal, Lee and Dave all mentioned stated they could be available. It was brought up regarding obtaining industrial bins. It is thought that the use of these could be abused and it is written into the booking reference to remove rubbish so this process was agreed to continue. ## **Richmond Street Community Centre (Registered Charity Number 1179193) Minutes from AGM 02/07/26 1900 hours** Invite to be extended to Councillor Ray Dunning to attend meetings as the local councillor. 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